Wallingford police arrest girl, 15, in connection with Sheehan High School threat

By Register Staff
| on February 26, 2018

WALLINGFORD — A 15-year-old girl has been issued a juvenile summons in connection with a threatening message written on a whiteboard at a local high school, police said.

The Wallingford Police Department received a complaint from a parent of a Sheehan High School student on Feb. 21 about the threatening message. The police department, in conjunction with the administration at Sheehan High School, immediately began an investigation, police said in a release.

It was learned that the message was written on a whiteboard in a classroom used by media students after school on Feb. 20, police said. The message was seen by several students after it was written, however no one reported it, according to the release. The message was erased in the morning of Feb. 21 prior to the start of school.

The 15-year-old girl told police the message was written out of frustration and she was writing her personal feelings , police said. She told police it was not directed at anyone specific.

The student was arrested on Friday and issued a juvenile summons to appear at Superior Court in New Haven. The student also has been suspended from school, police said.

A second incident that occurred at Sheehan High School on Feb. 23 is being investigated and a resolution is expected within the next day or two, police said. In this incident, a student was walking by a classroom and yelled an alarming statement inside, which disrupted the class and caused students to secure the classroom door, according to the release.

“The Wallingford Police Department continues to work in collaboration with the Board of Education to ensure a safe environment for all our students and will investigate any incidents which cause a disruption to the learning environment,” police said in the release. “The police department wishes to remind parents to talk with their children and reiterate that something they may see as a joke or prank may be interpreted differently by someone else, which can result in a suspension, expulsion, and/or arrest.”